Wardrobe trunk



March 24, 1925.

P A. JAENICKE ET AL WARDROBE TRUNK Filed 'Sept. 19. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet' 1 March 24, 1925.

P. A. JAENICKE ET AL WARDROBE TRUNK Filed Sept. is. 192;

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FBI/55.5.

III I 1 m w W M Patented Mar. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

PAUL A. JAENIOKE A1\TD MIKELITKE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS TO RICE-, i

STIX DRY GOODS COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

ARDROB TRUNK.

Application filed September 19, 1923. -Serial No. 663,550.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PAULA. JAENIOKE,.

and MIKE LITKE, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wardrobe Trunks, of which the following is a speci- J'ication.

This invention relates principally to iron- 1 ing board attachments for wardrobe trunks comprising two sections that are hinged together, one section being provided with a tier of drawers and the other section being provided with a wardrobe compartment, within which clothes are suspended on suitable hangers, and a removable shoe box.

One of the principal objects of the present invention is 'to provide the wardrobe trunk with a simple and efficient ironing board attachment of rigid construction and compact design wh1ch can be readlly assembled in position for ironlng.

thereof. The invention further consists in means for removably securing a shoe box in position within the trunk; and it also consists in the parts and in thearrangeinents and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed. V

In the a ompanying drawings, which form part of this specification and wherein like symbols refer to like parts whereve-r they occur, 1 I

Fig. 1 is aside view of a wardrobe trunk embodying my .invention, the trunk being shown open;

the ironing board attachment set up for. use;

F ig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through the ironing board;

Fig. a is avertleal section through the:

Anotherobject of the invention is to=prov1de the trunk with means which is available in the spaced rods 4:

lower end portion of the wardrobe section showing the manner of mounting the shoe box the lower left-hand corner of the trunk section, and shoe box, the trunk section being shown in section to disclose the hinge for the shoe box;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section onthe line 6-6 Fig. 3 looking toward the under side of the ironing board;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary vertical section through the uppermost brace of the trunk section containing the tier of drawers; and

Fig. 8 is a horizontal section through the lockingbar on theline 88 in Fig. 1, the

section being shown adjacent to the lower most cross-brace to disclose the shape of the notch therein.

-.The wardrobe trunk pa'nying drawings comprises, two trunk sections 1 and 2 that are hinged together. The section 1 is provided with a hinged cover section 3 which, when the two trunk sections '1 and 2 are closed, is held from any opening movement. The trunk section 1 is provided at its top with a pair of spaced parallel supporting rods 4 that are secured to the sides of the 'trunk'sections by means of brackets 5. These rods serve as supports for clothes Y hangers 6 and 7 of any desired size or shape.

a The opposite trunk section 2 is provided with a tier of drawers 8.. I

The trunk section 1 is also provided with an ironing board attachment comprising an lroning board 10 provided at one end with a cross-bar 11 which projects on opposite sides of said board. Theprojecting endportions of the crossbar ll'of theironing board 10 are formed along their inner edges with" semi-circular notches 12 adapted to straddle the supporting rods 1 for the clothes hang- -Fig. 5 is a fragmentary front elevation of shown in the accomv ers 6 and 7, whereby said board, when. not in use, is adapted to be suspended from the which support the clothes hangers 6 and 7. i

The uppermost drawer 8 of the tier or drawers 8 located in the trunk section 2 is secured in position by a lock 8 adapted to Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing be opened by means of a key; and therema-inlng drawers of said tler are secured 1n position by means of a bar .13. When the;

tier of drawers 8 and draw-er thereof.

position across the front ends of the drawers located below the top drawer 8 and thus serve as a lock for said drawers. The bar 13 has its upper end portion bent inwardly and thence oownwardly, forming a hook portion 13. The bar 13 is provided with a suitable lifting knob 13"; and it has oppositely disposed notches formed in its side edges adjacent to its lower end, forming a narrow neck portion 13. The inwardly extending portion of the hook 13 of the bar 13 is adapted to rest in a depressed portion 1% of a brace member 1% located between the top drawer 8 and the series of drawers located thereb'elow; and the downwardly extending end of the hook 13 of said locking bar 13 is adapted to enter within an elongat d slot 1 1 formed in the depressed middle portion 161 of said brace member 141. The lower end portion of the bar 13 is held from outward movement with respectto the drawers by means of a retaining member 15 which is SQ". cured to the lowermost brace or tie member 16 for the trunk section 2. This b ace is located bet-ween the lowermost dra rer of the be next adjacent The retaining member 15 for the lower end portion of the locking bar 13 extends outwardly beyond tire drawers of the trunk section 2 and has a T-shaped notch 15 extending vertically therethrough wa'ose wider portion is adapted to slidably receive the locking bar 13. The narrow portron of the i-shaped notch 15 is located forward its wider portion, and forms a narrow throat adapted to receive the narrow neck portion 13 of the bar When it is desired to lock the drawers located below the top drawer 8, said top drawer is removed from the trunk section. The narrow neck portion 1 3 in the lower end portion of the bar 13 is then entered within the narrow throat portion of the T- shaped notch in the retaining member 15 and pushed back into the wider portion of the notch, thereby permitting the body portion of the bar to slioe down in said not-ch,

in which position said bar is held against outward movement by the narrow neck portion of said notch. The hook 13 at the upper 'end of the bar 13 is then entered within 'the slot 148 in the top brace 141, thereby holding upper end of the bar against outward movement. The top drawer 8 is then replaced and secured by means of the lock S thereby preventing the upward sliding movement required to release the upper and lower ends of the bar 13.

hen it is desired to use the ironing board attachment, the board 1'0 is removed from the supporting rods 1 and the ends of the cross-bar 11 thereof entered within opposite-1y disposed supporting brackets formed in the opposite sides of the trunk section 1 near the front edge thereof. These brackets are provided at their tops with outwardly bent flanges having elongated slots 21 formed therein that are disposed parallel with the sides of the trunk sections. The ends of the cross-bar of the ironing board are formed with downwardly bent portions 22 adapted to be entered within the slots 21 in the supporting bracket 20, The downwardly bent portions of said cross-bar are notched at their rear ends forming shoulders 23 adapted to engage the adjacent under surface of the supporting brackets 20. The downwardly bent one s 22 of the cross-arm of the ironing board are inserted into the slots 21 in the supporting brackets 20 at an upward inclination and then swung down into a horizontal position, in which position the shoulders 23 in the dependir ends ofthe the lower surface of the supporting brackets therefor and thus prevent upward movement of the inner end of the ironing board.

The outer end of the ironing board is supported by means of the locking bar 13 for the drawers in the trunk section "2. To remove the locking bar from its position in front of the tier of drawers, the uppermost drawer is unlocked and removed. The lockin bar 13 is then lifted by means of the knob 13 a distance s-ufiicient to disengage its upper end from the slot 14 in the top brace 14% of the trunk section thus releasing the upper end of said bar. This lifting of the bar is continued until the narrow neck portion 13" of the bar is brought opposite to the narrow throat portion of the retaining member 15 on the lowermost brace 16 for the trunk section, thereby permitting the bar to be disengaged from said member. The bar is then removed from the trunk section 52 and placed in an upright position beneath the outer end portion of the ironing board 10 with its hooked up] er end entered within a slot in a channehshaped bracket 25 that is ri ""ly secured to the lower surface of the ironing board. The bar is corrugated ]ongi tudinally to resist bending and when secured in position. below the forward end of the ironing board forms a rigid support therefor.

'j-he lower end portion of the trunk section is provided with a 1011101'Wtl3l6 shoe-box 30. The shoe-box is provided at its sides near its lower front corner with angleshaped brackets 31. One flange of each bracket secured to the side of the shoebox and the other flange projects outwardly from the side of said box' and is adapted to cooperate with a vertical slot 32 formed in the vertical flange of a corner bracket 32- se'cnred in each of the lower corners of the trunk sections. The slot 32 in each corner bracket isformed in an inwardly offset portion of the vertical flange thereof and is widened at its bottom a distance corresponding to the width of the engaging portion of the shoe-box bracket 31, whereby said box or receptacle may be swung outwardly and downwardly and removed from the trunk section by lifting the engaging ends of said receptacle brackets out of engagement with the corner brackets of the trunk section. The advantage of this arrangement is that it holds the receptacle against displacement when the trunk is closed and permits the ready removal of the receptacle when the trunk is opened.

The hereinbefore described arrangement admits of considerable modification without departing from the invention; therefore we do not wish to be limited to the precise arrangement shown and described.

What we claim is:

1. The combination trunk comprising hinged sections, of an ironing board attachment therefor comprising brackets mounted on the opposite sides of one section and provided with outstanding flanges having elongated slots therein, aboard having a cross member adjacent to its inner end, and a detachable supporting member for theouter end portion of said board, said cross member having angularly bent end portions adapted to enter the slots in said brackets, said angularly bent end portions of said cross member having shouldered portions adapted to bear against the under surface of said brackets, whereby upward. movement of the inner end of the board with respect to said brackets is prevented. in the horizontal position oi said board.

The combination with a wardrobe trunk comprising hinged sections, of an ironing board attachment therefor comprising slotted brackets mounted on the opposite sides of one section, a board having a crossinember adjacent to its inner end adapted to rest on said brackets, and a supporting member removably engaging the outermost position of said board, said cross arm having angular-1y bent end portions adapted to be entered within the slots in said brackets, said angularly bent portions of said cross arm having shouldered portions adapted to engage the under sides of said brackets for preventing upward movement of said board in the horizontal position thereof.

3. The combination with a wardrobe trunk comprising a section containing a tier of drawers of a lock for the topdra-wer of said tier, a locking member removably secured to said section in front-of the remaining drawers of said tier, and means permitting the removal of said locking memwith a wardrobe her only upon withdrawaliof said top drawer.

4. The combination with a wardrobe trunk comprisinga wardrobe section, a removable receptacle therefor, means for P1VOtELllY'SGCHX1Hg sald receptacle 1n sa d section for outward swinging movement only, said means comprising horizontal trunnions of wide fiat section projecting from the opposite sides of said receptacle, and

portions of said slots being of awidth corresponding substantially to the width of said trunnions, and the upper portions of said slots being of a width corresponding substantially to the thickness of said trunnions; 1

5. A wardrobe trunk comprising a section having atier of drawers, cross-members located between the top and bottom drawers of said tier and the drawers adjacent thereto, a lock for the top drawer of said tier and a locking member for the remaining drawers of said tier, said locking member being disposed in an upright position in front of the drawers located below said top drawer, the upper end of said locking member being hooked over the uppermost crossmember of said trunk section and being slidably engaged with the lower cross-member of said section.

6. A wardrobe trunk comprising a section having a tier ofdrawers, cross-braces located between the top and bottom drawers of said tier and the drawers adjacent thereto, a lock for the top drawer of said tier and a locking bar for the remaining drawers thereof, said locking bar being disposed in an upright position in front of the drawers I formed in the front edge of the lowermost" cross-brace of said section, saidnotch being of greater widthat the rear than at the front, said locking bar having a sliding fit in the wide portion of said notch andhaving a narrow throat portion formed in'its lower end portion corresponding substan tially to the width of the narrow portion of said notch.

Signed at St. Louis,

day of September, 1923.

Missouri, this 15th 

